diff --git a/include/trace/trace_events.h b/include/trace/trace_events.h
index 13a58d453992..831048507fef 100644
--- a/include/trace/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/trace/trace_events.h
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 /*
  * Stage 1 of the trace events.
  *
- * Override the macros in <trace/trace_events.h> to include the following:
+ * Override the macros in the event tracepoint header <trace/events/XXX.h>
+ * to include the following:
  *
  * struct trace_event_raw_<call> {
  *	struct trace_entry		ent;
@@ -223,7 +224,8 @@ TRACE_MAKE_SYSTEM_STR();
 /*
  * Stage 3 of the trace events.
  *
- * Override the macros in <trace/trace_events.h> to include the following:
+ * Override the macros in the event tracepoint header <trace/events/XXX.h>
+ * to include the following:
  *
  * enum print_line_t
  * trace_raw_output_<call>(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags)
@@ -555,7 +557,8 @@ static inline notrace int trace_event_get_offsets_##call(		\
 /*
  * Stage 4 of the trace events.
  *
- * Override the macros in <trace/trace_events.h> to include the following:
+ * Override the macros in the event tracepoint header <trace/events/XXX.h>
+ * to include the following:
  *
  * For those macros defined with TRACE_EVENT:
  *